18th century plan of St Petersburg

OTTENS, Reinier & Joshua.

Nova ac Verissima Urbis St. Petersburg ab Imperatore Russico Petro Alexii F. conditae, item Fl. Nevae, Fossae Jussu Imp. Russ. factae, ac regionis circumiacnetis Delineatio
Amsterdam: the Widow of J. Ottens, c.1765. Original colour. 520 x 600mm.

A scarce issue, featuring two maps on one sheet. Below is a detailed map of St Petersburg, with the proposed development of the island Wasili Osterow, with a Dutch-style grid of canals. Above is a map of the environs of the city, with the course of the Neva river.


Stock ID : 22699